{"product_id":"confidences-adela-zamudio-1854-1928-9781684486069","title":"Confidences","description":"\u003cp\u003eJuan is a Bolivian poet at the turn of the century, visiting the city of Cochabamba and writing letters to his friend Armando about the masked sensuality and hostility he feels seething beneath the placid face of this insular mining town. Antonia is a married woman living in Cochabamba, writing to her friend Gracia about the local gossip--which soon erupts into a scandal that threatens to destroy a family. Contrasting Juan's letters home with Antonia's private correspondence to her friend, \u003ci\u003eConfidences \u003c\/i\u003etells a story of tragic love and explosive passions, showing how the intimacies that begin behind closed doors spill out into the public sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only novel written by acclaimed feminist poet Adela Zamudio, \u003ci\u003eConfidences \u003c\/i\u003ewas harshly criticized for not following the conventions of realist literature, but it has since been hailed as a lost classic of Bolivian modernism. Now available in English for the first time, this translation captures the lyrical qualities of Zamudio's prose as it vividly depicts how sexism, religious dogma, and prejudice prevented women from shaping their own destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adela Zamudio (1854-1928)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684486068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684486069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bucknell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Adela Zamudio (1854-1928)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447056150783,"sku":"9781684486069","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8ddfe54-df74-476d-b245-c4f420ddd7f5.jpg?v=1777228517","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confidences-adela-zamudio-1854-1928-9781684486069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}